> The disabling of iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID accounts is actually an Apple Card policy for overdue accounts
Do you have any more information on this?
It sounds alarming when stated without further context, because it makes it sounds like a slightly overdue payment could cause an instant shutdown of ones account.
You originally seemed to be saying this is what happened, but now you are saying it’s not that simple.
I would be very surprised if my Apple account was locked out after 15 days of non payment of my card.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was locked out (for example) after 100 days, especially if I hadn’t communicated with them.
Another reason for it to be locked out might be fraud detection, in which case I might actively want that, even thought it occasionally causes inconvenience.
One is indeed absurd and very salient to all Apple users, the other two would be unsurprising and frankly of no real concern. At this point we don’t know where on the spectrum the policy actually lies.
So without more context, #2 seems like a potentially very serious claim that could later turn out not to be so bad.
This is a common way damaging misinformation starts to spread.
I’m not for a second suggesting this is your intent, but I am pointing out that this is a likely effect, dependent on what the context actually turns out to be.
Edit: also worth noting that the tweet, and the HN headline are worded in an unequivocal way. It seems like as written, they may simply be false based on what you have now said.